Delivery attachment for fluid-receptacles.



PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1903; E. HEY. DELIVERY ATTACHMENT FOR FLUID REOEPTAOLES. APPLICATION EILBD MAY 3, 1902. N MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST HEY, OF \VORCES'IER, MASSACHUSETTS. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,324, dated September 8, 1903.

Application filed May 3, 1902. Seria1NQ,l05,'768. (No model.).

To a, whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST HEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Delivery Attachment for Fluid-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of cans which are employed for holding blacking, glue, or other thick liquids.

The especial object of this invention is to provide a delivering attachment for permit ting the contents of a can to be used without smearing or daubing the outside of the can as the bench upon which the can is placed.

To this end this invention consists of adslivery attachment for cans and of the combinations of parts therewith, as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a blacking-stand having three cans provided with delivery attachments constructed according to my invention; and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same, showing an outside cover which may be applied to the cans when the same are not in use.

In handling the thicker forms of blackings and glues, especially in shoe-factories, the blacking ordinarily is dipped out of its can with a small stick or brush. The repeated wiping of the small stick or brush on the edge of the can I have found in practice smears and daubs the outside of the can, frequently permitting the blacking to run down and daub the bench on which the can is placed.

In repairing or dressing patent-leather and ordinary shoes the blacking which is employed and which is rubbed in to cover places which are cracked or from which the gloss has been worn off is comparatively expensive, and one especial object of my present invention is to provide a form of blackingoan which will not only prevent the blacking from being daubed or running down on the outside of the can, but which will also effect a considerable saving of material. To accomplish this result I combine the body portion of each blacking-can with a pivoted attachment having a handle extending up in position to be operated and a delivery-arm tend up slightly above thelevel of the top of i the can, while by pulling forward the handle the delivery-arm can be swung down into the blacking or other liquid, so that when the same rises a small quantity of the blacking or other substance will be held up in position so that it can be taken off on the finger, if desired, and applied to the work without daubing the outside of the can or wasting the material, the operation of the attachment also serving to keep the blacking well mixed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a detail description of an apparatus embodying myinvention, 1O designates a wooden base plate'or board. Fastened onto the board 10 is a tray 11, having a beaded edge 12. Secured on the tray 11 are the cans 13, in the present instance three cans being shown for containing different qualities or colors of blacking. Threaded onto each of the can bodies 13 is a removable cover 14, and pivoted in staples 15 on top of the cover 14 is a rock-shaft 25, having an operating-arm 16 and adelivery-arm 17. Coiled on the shaft 25 is a spring 26, which normally holds the handle 16 up in position. Supported at the end of the delivery-arm 17 is a disk or plate 18, which extends up through a hole in the cover 14 to present a small quantity of blacking or other material in position to be taken off by the finger or by the use of a brush.

By means of this construction by operating the handle 16 the delivery-arm will be swung down into the blacking and small quantities of the blacking may be successively delivered for use without daubing the outside of the can or wasting the material.

If desired, an outside cover 19 may be threaded onto the can when the operatingarm is folded down out of the way to prevent the blacking from evaporating when the cans are not being used.

I am aware that numerous changes maybe made in practicing my invention by those who are skilled in the art and that my delivery attachment may be employed for other uses besides that of delivering blacking. For

example, my attachment may be applied to glue-cans or any receptacle from which thick liquids are to be delivered. I do not wish,

therefore, .to be limited to the particular congtruction I have herein shown and described;

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination of a receptacle, a rockshaft pivoted on the cover of said receptacle, an operating-arm extending up from the rockshaft, a delivery-arm arranged inside the receptacle substantially at right angles to the operating-handle, a plate or disk carried by the delivery-arm, and a spring coiled on the rock-shaft and normally acting to hold the disk or plate slightly above the surface of the cover of the can.

2. The combination of a receptacle, a rockshaft pivoted over said receptacle, an operating-arm extending up from the rock-shaft, a delivery-arm extending down from the rockshaft at an angle to the operating-handle, a plate or disk carried by the delivery-arm and a spring normally holding the disk or plate up in its delivery position.

3. The combination of a receptacle, a false top or cover, an outside top or cover adapted to be screwed thereon with the delivery attachment comprising a rock-shaft, an operating-arm extending up from the rock-shaft, a delivery-arm extending down from the rockshaft and a spring normally holding the delivery-arm. up in delivering position; said parts being arranged so that the operatingarm will be bent down and the delivery-arm depressed when the outside cover is screwed on.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERNEST HEY.

Witnesses:

PHILIP W. SOUTHGATE, HENRY E. HILL. 

